emergency room (ER)
See the following -
A Simple Request From The Front Lines Of Healthcare
I know that there is going to be another scuffle over the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). I know that we have already paid $150 billion on “doc fixes” since 1997, and I know that everyone in healthcare is trying to make sure that their ox will not be gored.
- Login to post comments
As Hospital Prices Soar, A Stitch Tops $500
With blood oozing from deep lacerations, the two patients arrived at California Pacific Medical Center’s tidy emergency room. Deepika Singh, 26, had gashed her knee at a backyard barbecue. Orla Roche, a rambunctious toddler on vacation with her family, had tumbled from a couch, splitting open her forehead on a table... Read More »
ER Doctors Use Google Glass And QR Codes To Identify Patients
A tech-savvy hospital in Boston developed a custom information-retrieval system for Google Glass, which lets ER doctors scan a QR code on the wall of each room to call up information about patients...
- Login to post comments
ERs Have Become De Facto Psych Wards
Long waits for insurance authorization allowing psychiatric patients to be admitted to the hospital from the emergency department waste thousands of hours of physician time, given that most requests for authorization are ultimately granted... Read More »
- Login to post comments
Former VA Official: Obamacare Puts Vets At Risk
The Affordable Care Act -- generally known as “Obamacare” -- could lead to increased health complications, emergency room visits and even shorter life spans for some veterans, according to a former under secretary of Health for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Read More »
- Login to post comments
Hospitals Demand Payment Upfront From ER Patients With Routine Problems
Next time you go to an emergency room, be prepared for this: If your problem isn't urgent, you may have to pay upfront. Last year, about 80,000 emergency-room patients at hospitals owned by HCA, the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain, left without treatment after being told they would have to first pay $150 because they did not have a true emergency. Read More »
- Login to post comments
How Much Does An Emergency Room Visit Cost?
A man crashes his bike and gets taken to the emergency room. The bill is more than $20,000 for the visit, which lasts a bit over 2 hours. He was taken to the highest level adult trauma center near the site of the crash in the Austin, Texas, area — University Medical Center Brackenridge, which is operated by the Seton Healthcare Family. So how much does an emergency-room visit cost? Read More »
- Login to post comments
How Much Will I Be Charged?
It’s a basic, reasonable question: How much will this cost me? For patients in the emergency room, the answer all too often is a mystery. Read More »
- Login to post comments
Intermountain Healthcare Sued For Allegedly Blocking Competition
Hospital chain refused to refer stroke patients to urgent care clinic, causing patient harm and clinic to close, lawsuit alleges. Read More »
- Login to post comments
Lincoln County Healthcare Seeks To Merge Hospitals, Retain $5 Million In Federal Funding
Despite plans to close St. Andrews Hospital’s emergency room in October, Lincoln County Healthcare will seek to retain the hospital’s critical access status and $5 million in federal funding through a merger of St. Andrews and Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta. Read More »
- Login to post comments